So as I mentioned in my earlier post I am in an online pool with my family. I did forget to mention that Sam has affectionately named the group "Beat Wendy"! It is going well right now. The St. John sistahs are representing with 1st and 2nd place. I will confess that Wendy is in first and I am tied for 2nd with Mr. Tim Monahan. I would also like to give a shout out to my sister, Heather, who is not in the pool, but contributes greatly to the domination of her sisters! You are an inspiration to us both!! On another note, I have to say I am a little disappointed this year with the lack of trash talking in the group. I've pondered the reason for this and have come up with a few possible conclusions. They are as follows in no particular order...
1. The big trash talkers in the family, Kevin and Sam, aren't do so well thus having little to say?
2. Dad is in the group this year and we fear hearing a lecture on "idol words"?
3. All the boys are silenced by the amazing St. John Sistahs?
I will not express which is the most accurate, though I feel there is some truth in them all!!!
I will close with the thought that Wendy and I could not be winning in a very short time so this had to be written while we were on top. Good luck sistah, but I gotta cheer against UNC! Go UCLA!!!!!
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Friday, March 21, 2008
March Madness
Even though at this time of year spring comes on the calender it hasn't shown up in the weather yet in Maine. I know Maine can be a little slow in catching up to the trends! So yeah, it is still cold out and we have plenty of snow left, but I Love March!! Why you ask? MARCH MADNESS BABY!!! I grew up with a dad who coached basketball for 20 years. We love the game! College hoops is my fav! I've lost the love I once had for the NBA. It is no longer about the game of basketball and about your team in the NBA. I miss the days of Bird and Magic! Anyway, back to college hoops, I love this time of year. You wait for Selection Sunday to see whose made it in to the Big Dance. Then the work comes...trying to fill in your bracket from 64 teams to 1 team. Whose going to win it all? There's going to be upsets, but who? It's a challenge, but then the fun begins. I am in an online pool with my family so no matter how far apart we are we can always trash talk and try to get the bragging rights for the year. Oh yeah and you get to watch hours of basketball!! I know it's March cause I'm sleepy. It was just the first day yesterday so I purposed to go to bed early, but no such luck. Duke got themselves into a wicked close game and I was too stressed to sleep. I can't believe that I got this far in the is blog with out mentioning that I am a HUGE Duke fan and have been since I was is little girl. Anyway, I stayed up later then I had planned, but Duke pulled it out. GO BLUE DEVILS!!!! Well, that is my March. I am sure I will right more on this subject as the tourneys go on!!
Monday, March 17, 2008
The best of times. The worst of times.
A few things happened recently that made me ponder how so often the best things in life are really hard at the same time. I ask my self why is that??
I was talking with some people recently about my grandfather's battle with cancer. He lived 8 months after he was diagnosed. Those 8 months were spent in and out of the hospital and at times so very sick from the chemo, yet I treasure those days so much. I look back and laugh at all the fun we had. Death came, but we walked the journey as a family. I miss Grampa Paul greatly, but the life lessons I learned from him are forever with me.
I have friend that was doing a report on the Ukraine so I was sharing some of what I had learned about the country from the times my sisters and brother-in-laws were there adopting. I was looking at some pictures from the Ukraine and this concept of the best of times and the worst of times struck me again. The times my family was over in Ukraine was hard. We faced some tough times in their journeys, yet I could not be more thankful for the addition of Harrison and Nadia to our family.
Why is the concept true? Is it true? I think I appreciate things more when it cost me something to have them. I think I give God more glory for things when I have to trust Him to get them.
So today I say thank you God for the best of times and the worst of times in my life. Through it all may I learn to trust God more and to ALWAYS give HIM the glory!!!!
I was talking with some people recently about my grandfather's battle with cancer. He lived 8 months after he was diagnosed. Those 8 months were spent in and out of the hospital and at times so very sick from the chemo, yet I treasure those days so much. I look back and laugh at all the fun we had. Death came, but we walked the journey as a family. I miss Grampa Paul greatly, but the life lessons I learned from him are forever with me.
I have friend that was doing a report on the Ukraine so I was sharing some of what I had learned about the country from the times my sisters and brother-in-laws were there adopting. I was looking at some pictures from the Ukraine and this concept of the best of times and the worst of times struck me again. The times my family was over in Ukraine was hard. We faced some tough times in their journeys, yet I could not be more thankful for the addition of Harrison and Nadia to our family.
Why is the concept true? Is it true? I think I appreciate things more when it cost me something to have them. I think I give God more glory for things when I have to trust Him to get them.
So today I say thank you God for the best of times and the worst of times in my life. Through it all may I learn to trust God more and to ALWAYS give HIM the glory!!!!
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